Around 650 panels have been installed on the roof Rigby in Parliament.
They will produce about 30 percent of the power required to run the building's heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting.
Coffs Mayor Keith Rhoades says solar panels will save the Council more than $ 30,000 per year in direct electricity costs.
' What pleases me really is that they are in addition to the official zap of the parameter, will be a permanent display on the project's solar energy,» he said.
"It will generate approximately 175 megawatt hours per year, these are all savings for our environment.
Councillor Rhoades says $ 808,500 solar energy project will help cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Hopefully, he says, it will set an example for the community to follow.
"This would be something, I feel our community members can come and look at, they can see it.
"A lot of our community members have taken on board the benefits of solar energy now."
-But just think of what these school children can gain from this, to be able to pop in and behold, he said.
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